Today marks the beginning of a new year, and as always that means submissions are now open for the Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished game designs!
Our Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award, which is now celebrating its 10th year...
2025-01-01 07:20:44 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the beginning of a new year today, and as always that means submissions are now open for the Cardboard Edison Award!
Our Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award, which is now in its ninth year!
To submit your design, go to 2024-01-01 14:37:30 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the first day of a new year, and that means submissions are open for the Cardboard Edison Award, now in its eighth year!
Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission! To submit your design, go to...
Hello Cardboard Edison supporters!
As a patron with access to our Compendium board game publisher directory, we thought you'd be excited to know that we just rolled out an upgrade!
The new version of the Compendium still contains all of t...
2022-02-07 03:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post
It's January 1 again, and that means submissions are open for the Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished board game designs!
Now in its seventh year, designs will be judged on two tracks: online and in-person. Once again this year, we will select...
The next installment in our new series of infographics on board game licensing contracts is here!
This latest infographic highlights how the industry has changed in the five years since we first surveyed designers in 2015. It shows how the design community, publishers, and contracts themselves have evolved and shifted o...
2021-11-23 03:01:23 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the most common requests we get is for access to back issues of our weekly Omnibus game design newsletter. We've been putting it out for more than two-and-a-half years now, which means as of today there's a back catalog of 139 issues and gro...
2021-11-10 21:22:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-03-15 12:11:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-03-15 12:10:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-03-09 03:36:41 +0000 UTC View Post
You asked for them, and here they are! Our new, updated series of infographics on board game licensing contracts has begun!
Based on our survey last year of more than 200 contracts from around the world, these new reports provide a deep look at what to expect from a publishing contract. (They update the results of our <...
2021-03-09 03:33:10 +0000 UTC View Post
We made it: The new year is here, and submissions are now open for the 2021 Cardboard Edison Award celebrating unpublished board game designs!
Now in its sixth year, designs will be judged on two tracks: online and in-person. Just like last year, we will announce one winner from each track.
Patreon supporters at t...
2021-01-01 16:53:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a bit of housekeeping to let you know the new patrons’ login password for the Compendium publisher directory.
If you haven’t checked it out lately, give it a look: You’ll find up-to-date profile information for scores of publishers,...
2020-05-12 23:20:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Submissions are now open for the 2020 Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished board game designs!
Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award! To submit your design, go to cardboardedison.com...
2020-01-01 17:48:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in time for the Halloween season, we have a spooooky new episode of Immersed ready for you, about the game Mysterium!
We always tell the stories behind board game designs, but this time we really dig into the s...
2019-10-06 01:23:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The new episode of Immersed, our podcast about the stories behind board game designs, is here—and it’s must-listen podcasting!
This time we look at the game The Networks, which puts players in the armchairs of TV executives. Designer Gil Hov...
2019-09-02 20:56:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Surprise! We’re breaking from our usual schedule to bring you a special bonus episode of Immersed, our podcast about board game designs and the stories behind them!
It’s a bonus episode because this time we’re looking at a game that’s ne...
2019-07-25 14:48:23 +0000 UTC View Post
The sixth episode of Immersed, our podcast about the stories behind board game designs, is now available to you, our wonderful patrons, before it officially releases!
In this episode, we look at Guillotine, a very silly game abo...
2019-06-30 00:04:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 5 of Immersed, our podcast about board game design and the real world, is now available to our patrons before it officially releases!
In this roller coaster of an episode, we discuss Black Orchestra, a cooperative game a...
2019-06-02 00:08:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe're very excited to announce a new-and-improved version of our Compendium directory of board game publishers!
As we noted the other day, the new Co...
2019-05-15 13:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostWe've been making some updates to the Cardboard Edison website, and we're very excited to tell you about them in case you haven't checked them out yet. Be sure to read to the end, because there's a sneak peek of some big upcoming news there...
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2019-05-13 17:38:36 +0000 UTC View Post
The fourth episode of Immersed, our podcast about the connections between board games and the real world, is now available early for our patrons!
In this episode, we discuss Hostage Negotiator, the solo game where you try to sav...
2019-03-31 01:48:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We're very pleased to announce a major upgrade to the Omnibus newsletter, our weekly roundup of board game design resources!
Starting this week, Omnibus will feature exclusive articles and interviews<...
2019-03-16 19:38:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The third episode of Immersed, our podcast about board game design and the world around us, is now available early to our patrons, and it's an exciting one!
In this episode, we discuss Pandemic, the super-popular cooperative game designed by Mat...
2019-03-03 02:50:58 +0000 UTC View PostOur monthly roundup of favorite board game design links and quotes is here! Patrons get early access!
https://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-feb-2019
2019-03-01 23:58:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The second episode of Immersed, our podcast about how game designers can use the world around us to create unique play experiences, is now available early to our patrons!
In this episode, we talk about the two-player deduction g...
2019-02-02 05:40:59 +0000 UTC View PostOur monthly roundup of useful board game design links is here! Our Patreon patrons get early access!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y24fMr-zxeYjIomMqRcHOzKt7vEKFrWSoxuxBoI6ofs/edit?us...
2019-01-31 17:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post
We're thrilled to be releasing the first episode of Immersed, our new tabletop game design podcast! We don't think you've heard anything quite like it, so give it a listen and tell us what you think!
Each 20-minute episode of Im...
2019-01-05 20:23:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Submissions are now open for the 2019 Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished board game designs!
Patreon supporters at the Assistant level and up ($2+ a month) receive one free submission to the award! To submit your design, go to cardboardedison.com...
2019-01-01 05:07:33 +0000 UTC View PostOur huge annual roundup of useful board game design links, delivered early for our Patreon backers!
https://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-2018
2018-12-30 16:19:29 +0000 UTC View Post
